… Standing at water’s edge, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) annually attracted 45 million visitors who … center also became the first facility in Southeast Asia to obtain ISO 20121 Sustainable Events Management System certification. Beyond the physical plant, MBS looked to create … Southeast Asia. In 2013, MBS had started offering a customizable "Green Meeting" package. From five green events in 2013, the program had grown to 142 in 2017, grossing over S$30 …
… of peat lands and exploitation of locals not only with their own operations, but also from all of their suppliers. For environmental NGOs, the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (as the … destruction. One year later the situation appeared to have reversed. Leading figures in the government of Indonesia were calling upon the companies to withdraw their pledge. And the … many environmentalists believed that the agreement represented a breakthrough. The events of 2015 suggested otherwise, forcing businesses, NGOs and sympathetic government …
… The Yale Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining hallsserve more organic food. With support from the university, they started a pilot project to introduce local, seasonal food into the … with both students and dining hall staff, and helped inspire the Yale Dining Hall to move toward more organic and locally grown food sources (though the vast majority of the food …
… Palm oil is everywhere. Not only is it in the news, it is also an ingredient in roughly half of the … a biofuel. As a versatile plant with efficient, high yields, oil palm, and the oil derived from it has become a multibillion-dollar ($44 billion in 2013 according to Bloomberg ) … , and water pollution and health concerns, all within the context of varying degrees of government oversight and power. Given the global and local components of the palm oil market …
… Andrea Illy is CEO of the global premium coffee company that bears his family’s name. As one might … expertise they contribute to every cup. Unfortunately, the current coffee market differsfromsuch an ideal. Coffee growers in most parts of the globe work at a barely subsistence … coffee in pods (e.g. K-cups, Nespresso) actually shifted more of the value-added towards roasters without a premium for growers. A consolidation was taking place among mass …
… Pepsi has a new challenge. In 2007, PepsiCo became the first consumer company to use the Carbon … juice. While the company has extolled its work online and the media, it has refrained from putting the CRL on juice cartons. Today, the company continues its carbon footprinting … However, while PepsiCo recognizes the importance of measuring its carbon emissions - from both a cost cutting perspective as well as company-wide environmental commitment - the …
… While the use of palm oil has been documented since ancient times, it is only in the past few decades … The company has assembled an array of assets through the entire palm oil value chain, from growing seedlings and managing over 450,000 hectares of plantation lands to running … palm oil was greater than the demand for this product. Meanwhile, the Indonesian government was trying hard to balance environmental concerns with economic development. Palm …
… Nora is the Director of Project Development at Urban Ingenuity, a mission-driven cleanenergy developer in Washington, DC. Nora works with potential partners and project sitesfrom initial engagement through project scoping, design, and implementation. Her passion is …
… "I didn’t expect the in-depth aspect of this program, or the real calculations. I thought it was going to be surface-level … not. It has exceeded that expectation." Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based SolutionsCleanEnergySustainable Finance and ESG Denise Farrell, President at Environmental Attribute …